John Vanbrugh

Sir John Vanbrugh (January 24, 1664? – March 26, 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace.

Quotes

 * Once a woman has given you her heart you can never get rid of the rest of her.
 * The Relapse, Act II, sc. i (1697)


 * Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world.
 * The Relapse, Act II, sc. 1 (1697)


 * No man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.
 * The Relapse, Act III, sc. ii (1697)


 * Belinda: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil. Lady Brute: That may be a mistake in the translation.
 * The Provoked Wife, Act I, sc. i (1698)


 * When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.
 * The Provoked Wife (1698)


 * He laughs best who laughs last.
 * The Country House, Act II, sc. v (1706)


 * Much of a muchness.
 * The Provoked Husband. Act I, sc. i (1728)
 * Completed by Colley Cibber


 * The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.
 * The Confederacy, Act I, sc ii.


 * As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.
 * The Confederacy, Act II, sc. i.